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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Matters of Money and Management
About Various Lines.
Gen. Alexander went North last night.

Gen. Alexander went North last night.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
Hardee, of the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, left last night for New
York
The General Time Convention will meet
in New York on Wednesday. Col H. s.
Haines, President of the association is now
North, and will remain until after the con-
vention.
A letter received yesterday from Maj
William Bren, the Bull street ticket agent
for the Charleston and Savannah and Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railways
states that he will return to Savannah prob
ably the last Of this week. He is now in
Boston.
The Associate railway, otherwise the
Queen and Crescent system, is composed OF
the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific railway, lessees of the Cincinnati
Southern 336 miles, the Alabama Great
Southern 295 miles, New Orleans and North.
eastern 1856 miles, Vicksburg and Meridian
14254 miles, and the Vicksburg, Shreveport
and Pacific 1879 miles, constituting 1,15S1S
miles of railway
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
A Lively WhirI

1t takes live methods to succeed in any.
thing. Business doesn't come to the mer-
chant who waits. We don't propose to
wait. For weeks we have been busy get
ting in a large stock of our usual fine grades
of tailor-made suits. We didn't buy il to
keep, but to sell, and now we want to sell it
You may not be ready to buy vet VET
many are buying their fall and winter suits
now. The early buyer has many advan-
tages over the late Vne-full lines. large as
sortment and great variety in fabrlcs-yet
we aim TO keep our lines full at all times.
In some cases it can't be done, hence we sug.
gest the advantage Of early buyers You
nave no idea how well we can serve Won
variety In colors, fabrics and low prices are
our inducements. We assure perfect fits
what more can you ask Come and 90
over our stock with us; your eyes will be
opened. Parents can clothe their bows with
us at great saving. In word, If we can't
give you the finest assortment, the suggest
mt and the greatest general satisfaction we
don't want your c-'
I'm MITCHELL
The Golden Arm, lJ9 Broughton street
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
TOMORROW NIGHTS MEETING.
Representative Norwood to Tell W

Representative Norwood to Tell Why
He Recommended the Barracks Pur.
chase.
The location of the new public building
will probably be definitely settled this week
Secretary Fairchild will await the action of
tomorrow nights mass meeting before com
pleting the purchase of the barracks site
The meeting promises to be lively one. 1t
will be addressed by Representative Nor
wood, Capt. Purse, and probably by Sole
itor General duBignon. Mr.. Norwood and
Capt. Purse are advocates of the barracks
site, and Mr.. duBignon will repre-
sent the opposition. A paper in
dorsing the barracks purchase is being
circulated and has been largely signed.
Capt. Purse, who negotiated the deal with
the government, is vigorous advocate of
the proposed site and be says majority of
the people outside of Bay street favor the
location. Mr.. Norwood denies that he has
been derelict in his duty as a Congressman,
and he will endeavor to set himself right
before the public
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
THROUGH THE CITY.
Items Gathered Here and There by the
News Reporters.

There was one arrest yesterday for disor-
derby conduct and one for drunkenness.
The funeral of the late Nathaniel A. Han
cock whose death occurred ON Friday, will
take place from No. 106 South Broad street
at O'Clock this morning.
The Independent Presbyterian church is
to be Illuminated by the incandescent light.
The Brush company is putting in 101 lamps.
The church will be reopened next week.
The Health Officers report for the past
week shows that the number of deaths was
22-1l whites and IL oolored There were G
deaths of children under years of age The
annual ratio per 1000 for the week for
whites was p. 4, and for colored 80.
Another survey was held on the British
steamship Naples, the board consisting OF
Captains Sleeves, of the British steamship
Lancaster, Reaveley, of the British steam
ship Resolute, and Jos. T. Stewart, Lloyds
agent, accompanied by w. Robertson, the
vice consul They recommended that the
vessel continue discharging her cargo as
fast as possible.
The experiment of using crude petroleum
instead of coal as a furnace fuel will be
made at the electric light works this week
The company is charging and improving
its facilities. A new boiler has Just been
put in A new 125-horse power engine and
an additional dynamo are to be added, and
by Oct. 20 the company will be able to in.
crease its incandescent light circuit to / 900
lamps
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
OVER IN CHARLESTON.
What is Going on in the Palmett
States Metropolis

States Metropolis.
Wesley Pugh, a colored switchman in the
Northeastern railroads yard, caught his
foot in frog on Friday night and was
run over and killed.
st. Luke's church, which has ben closed
for repairs during the past two months, is
sufficiently near completion to admit of its
re-occupation to-day.
The Charleston Exchange has prepared
an address to Postmaster General Villas in
reference to better postal facilities between
European ports and American ports. This
address sets forth as a preamble that Post
master Villas has given admirable facilities
so far as the outgoing mails are concerned,
and includes the schedules between most of
our important ports, by the various steam
ship lines and continental ports. There are
however, several causes of complaint urged
against the incoming mails. It is stated
among other things that the mails are often
sent to this country by slow steamers, which
arrive here long after steamers which are
dispatched on later dates, but which are not
allowed the privilege of carrying mails In
this way it often happens that invoices of
goods actually arrive before the receipt of
letters giving 1he advices of their shipment.
The Postmaster General is, therefore, petit
toned to use his influence with the postal
departments complained of to allow the
sending of the mails by the first and fastest
steamers leaving port.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
COURT OF ORDINARY.
Business Transacted Yesterday
Judge Ferrills Court.

Business Transacted Yesterday in
Judge Ferrill's Court.
The will of Margaret Mastick was proven
before Judge Ferrin yesterday on oath of
William Spear and George F. Mastick, and
the executor qualified.
DR.. James B. Read qualified as executor
of the will of James Nolan. deceased.
DIR. James B. Read, who is named as ex-
ecutor and trustee in the will of Sarah Nc
Elligott, deceased, declines to qualify. r.
r. Richards, attorney for some of the heirs
bate of the will The case was POSTPONED
Stephen J. Walker fled with the court an
exemplified copy of the will of Mary G.
Walker, deceased, also copy of letters Of
guardianship upon the property of Raymond
K. Harvey, minor.
Henry NJ. Drane qualified as guardian of
the property of George 7. Drane, and filed
petition TO sell railroad stock. A citation
was granted.
James NJ. Reid qualified as administrator
estate of Peter B. Reid and received the
usual papers.
The inventory and appraisement of the
estate of John Evans were filed by John T.
Evans, administrator.
S. j. Clark qualified as the administrator
of the estate of W. c. Norwood deceased.
Letters and warrant of appraisement were
issued.
Fred A. Jones, administrator of the es-
tate of M. Gardner Jones, deceased, filed
his inventory and appraisement.
Jordan f. Brooks, County Admin istrator,
qualified as administrator of the estate of
Charlotte Carley, deceased
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
AN ENTRANCE SECURED.
The New Railroad Will Use the Savan-
nah Florida and Western Terminals.

The New Railroad Will Use the Savan-
nah Florida and Western Terminals.
Maj j. A. A. West, the general manager
of the Birmingham and Atlantic Airline
said last night that on Monday morning the
contractor of the Savannah, Dublin and
Western road would concentrate his forces
on this end of the line, and begin the work
Of grading from the junction with the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western to the por-
ton of the road now graded. The Birming-
ham and Atlantic Airline has made
arrangements with the Savannah, Florida
and W estern to use its terminal facilities, and
it will come in over the Savannah Florida and
Western track from Southover junction,
and the work Of connecting the part of
the roadbed now made with the
Savannah, Florida and Western at
Southover junction will be pushed as rapid
ly as possible This will complete the first
fifty mile section of the roadbed, and track
laying will be begun on it at once. Besides
this section, there are forty -five miles graded
from Macon, making altogether eighty-five
miles already done, besides the ten miles at
this end which will be finished in few
DAYS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
CARoLINA's HEALTH BOARD.
It's Action in Reference to Communt
cable Diseases.

It's Action in Reference to Communi-
cable Diseases.
The South Carolina Board of Health was
in session in Charleston the most of last
week The principal and most important
measure taken was the adoption of the re-
port of the Committee on the National Con.
ference of State Boards of Health, which
recommended tho confirmation of the fol-
lowing resolutions adopted at the last ses-
sion of the national conference. The reSo-
lutions are:
I. Resolved, That the conference reaffirms
the principles contained IN the resolutions
adopted by it at its meeting in Toronto 1886.
,. That those communicable diseases herein
after mentioned prevalent in certain areas, or
which tend to spread along certain lines of
travel, be reported to all State and provincial
boards within said area or along said lines of
communication
3. That in the instance of small pox, cholera
yellow fever and typhus reports be at once for
warded either by mail or telegraph, as the ur
gency of the case may demand; and, further,
that in the instance of diphtheria, Scarlatina
typhoid fever, anthrax or CHAMBERS, weekly re-
ports, where possible, be supplied in which
shall be indicated as far as known, the places
implicated and the degree of prevalence.
A resolution was unanimously adopted
memoriaizing the Legislature to create the
office of sanitary inspector, whose duty it
shall be to inspect every town, hamlet, sta
ton and city in South Carolina, and report
to the State Board of Heath the condition
of each place as visited.
Another resolution was also unanimously
adopted memorializing the Legislature to
enact law which shall put stop to the
indiscrimiDate and dangerous practice of
selling poisonous drugs, such as opium, NOR
phine and similar medicines and also to
make the selling by itirerant medicine men
of patent and Indian remedies a misde-
meanor 1t is said that over thirty cases of
poisoning by such indiscriminate selling of
drugs has been reported to the Board of
Health this year
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
ARTESIAN WATER ONLY.
The Use of River Water Discontinued
"A Hard Well to Bore.

Supt Miller shut off the river water from
the mains at 1880 o'clock yesterday, and
during the remainder of the day he fur
nished the city with artesian water, pure
and simple. He said last night that he
would not turn on the river water again
unless a big fire broke out, when he would
use it 10 avoid the possibility Of a Short sup
ply. With the artesian water only he can
keep up a pressure of 46 pounds, which is
ample for the ordinary consumption of the
city. The new pump is working ad-
mirably, and no trouble with it is
experienced. Mr.. Miller is now at work
borilsS one of the two wells ordered by
the City Council. 1t is down about
200 feet, but just at present the borers are
making no Roadway. They have lately en-
countered a stratum of rock that they can
penetrate only with the greatest difficulty.
Dur1lg the last two days and half they
have bored but two feet, and they have not
yet gone through it. They do not know
how thick it is, or how long it will take
them TO penetrate it, They have about $50
feet more TO bore after passing through this
rock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
Hieh Glass Rronze statuarv Etc

Our senior is back from New York. Our
citizens who appreciate handsome and ar
tistic effects in Bronze, are cordially invited
to visit our warerooms and inspect the
grandest display of most beautiful de-
signs in ornamental aud decorated art ever
placed before the Savannah public. Faust
and Marguerite, in companion pieces, in re-
HeUo, are gems worthy of the poetic interest
that attaches to the weird and mystic. Be
sides we are receiving, almost daily, invoices
of beautiful objects of virtu in the latest
and most novel conceits. Our display of
fine Silverware is unapproachable in quality
and quantity and variety. In Dia-
monds we, of course, lead, and our stock of
Fine Jewelry merits attention. Our aim to
be the Jewelry Palace of this city will,
we think, be established by this seasons dis
play, and we request the public to favor us
with a visit of inspection regardless of de-
sire to purchase. NJ. STERNBERG,
157 Broughton street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
GRIPSACK GOSSIP.
Items of Interest Concerning the
Drumna ers' Fraternity

Items OF interest concerning tne
Drumme rs' Fraternity.
The g. o. p ball will take place Dec. %.
g. o. p. does not stand for grand old party.
1t means just plain drummer.
The drummers do not like the new
schedule of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia. The night train only makes
four stops between here and Macon, and
one of the Travellers Protective Association
said that If the Manager should ever be
caught at one of those short-shirted towns
and see the train that he wanted 10 catch
whiz by he would put in more peri DDS.
Sig Belsinger says he doesn't care cent
for yacht racing. He was very much in
terested before the race came off, and he
was dead sure the Thist lie would win
1t is expected that Post D will attend the
State Fair on Drummers' day The whole
sale merchants, the drummers say, will lose
nothing by allowing their statesmen few
days off.
Abe Barnett chairman of Post D Hotel
Committee, is taking in the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia, and ringing the land
lords down with his chestnut bell hat. Abe
is the right man on the right committee.
He has winning ways that will take with
the savage hotel boss. Should he fail with
his charms, he can sooth the savage breast
with the sweetest of music, or The letter
that he looked for never came"
Slick Mayer, late OF Meinhardt Bros &
Co, has severed his connection with that
firm, and has gone to New York to engage
in the shoe business on his own account
Albert Wilbroski has severed his connec =
ton with the firm Of Reiser q Stern.
A. B. Solomons Of Meinhardt Bros. & Co.,
returned to the city yesterday.
NJ l.. Lilienthal, of A. Einstein & Co.,
came in yesterday morning Moe is one Of
the active spirits in the T. P. A.
The travelling men have been pleased to
note that Col. H. G. Wright, Senator from
the First district, has not introduced his ex-
pected bill at this session to prohibit drum
ming in Georgia. Senator Wright's bill is
similar to the one passed in Kentucky,
which was afterward decided as unconstitu-
tional by the Kentucky Supreme Court.
j. H. Eckman, of Eckman & Vetsburg,
arrived in this city Tuesday from New York
Sig. Gardner. of |. Epstein 81 Bros, has
returned from Florida. They say be fell in
love with an orange grove that is encum-
bered with an only daughter.
M. j. Epstein, chairman of Post DIS Rail
road Committee, has gone on a trip
through Florida. He will, no doubt, put in
good work for his committee while out
A stranger to the city, standing in front
of the Marshall House on Saturday night,
Oct l, while Post d was holding a meeting,
asked the hotel clerk IF that ere crowd up in
yonder room was minstrel show practicing
jokes~ The explanation given the stranger
was that Eddie Brown had called the chair
TO order and was addressing the meeting.
Post d held a meeting al the Guards
armory last night, but as the chairmen of
the principal committees were not on hand
it adjourned
Post A, Atlanta, will take part in the
torchlight procession on the occasion of the
Presidents visit to that city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
THF NEW STORM SIGNALS.
The System Adopted by the Chief
Signal officer of the United States
ARMY

The System Adopted by the Chief
Signal officer of the United States
! Army.
The code of storm signals, recently issued
by the War Department, and referred to
some time ago in the MORNING NEWS, has
been published in pamphlet form by the by
geographic authorities The chief signal
officer of the United States Army having
adopted new system of storm signals, has
issued the following order:
10 adapt the signals to the varying in
terests Of the maritime community, the new
system will take into consideration the fact
that westerly winds Of high velocity with
clearing weather are less dangerous than
those from easterly quarters with freezing
weather. Along the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts, and on the great lakes, from Sept. l,
1851 there will be displayed, as storm con-
ditions may demand, day signals of two
kinds:
First. A cautionary signal, yellow flag
with white centre, will indicate that the
winds expected are not 80 severe, but we'll
found and seaworthy vessels can meet them
without great danger
Seoond. A storm signal, now in USE,
red flag with a black centre, will indicate
that the storm Is expected to be Of more
marked violence. In order to afford the
public as exact information as possible re-
garding the relative position of the storm
and the winds expected, two pennants will
be displayed. A red pennant will indicate
that the winds are TO be easterly, that is
from northeast TO south inclusive and that
the storm-oentre is approaching. The white
pennAnt win indicate westerly winds, that
Is, from north to southwest inclusive, and
that the storm centre has passed.
While it is intended that the pennant shall
indicate positively only whether the winds
will be easterly or westerly, yet, in order to
give still more definite information, the red
or easterly pennant viii be displayed above
the cautionary or storm signal for winds
from the northeast quadrant and below for
winds from the southeast quadrant In like
manner the white pennant, while indicating
westerly winds alone, win show by its posi-
ton above the caunonary OF storm signal
that northwesterly winds are probable or,
by being below, that they will be from the
southwest quadrant. In view of the diff
Guilty of varying night signals, they will not
distinctively show the force, but indicate
the wind direction only; a red light for
easterly winds and red and white lights for
westerly winds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-09
A BLAZE IN MID-AIR.
A Bale of Cotton Bursts into Flam es-
A Murderous Experiment.

A Murderous Experiment.
Another inexplicable cotton fire occurred
yesterday, but fortunately the bale in
/ which it started was not in the vessel when
the flames broke out. The steamship Kate
Fawcstt was lying at Gordon's wharf tax
ing on cotton, when a tug brought down a
number OF bales in "A covered lighter. The
vessels decks were so loaded that she could
take no more aboard until what she had
had been slowed away, so the cotton was
placed on the wharf After awhile the
decks were cleared and the cotton was be
ing hoisted from the wharf 10 the ship, and
as one bale swung clear of the wharf it
burst into flames. 1t was Immediately
dropped into the river. There was nothing
10 show how the fire got into
the bale, and its presence there was not sus-
pected until the flames broke out. The
persistency with which fire will cling to
cotton is illustrated by an occurrence on the
ReSOlute. While the cotton was being
taken out of her two bales were unloaded
which were found to be on fire, the flames
appearing in them after they had been put
on the lighter They were thrown into the
river, where they remained for forty-eight
hours. When the vessel was moved up the
river these two bales were taken aboard,
and while they were on the deck flames
again broke out in them, although they had
been almost completely submerged for two
days.
The cargo Of the Resolute has been en-
tirely discharged. The work was done in
pretty quick style, the entire 3. 25S bales, be-
ing taken out Of the ship in forty-six hours.
Another survey was held on the vessel, the
board consisting of j. 7. Stewart, Lloyd's
agent; Capts. Sleeves, Of the British steam
ship Lancanter Smith, of the British steam
ship Lykus, and Stranick, of the British
steamship Washington accompanied by w
Robertson, British Vice Consul. They
found seven broken bilge frames in the bot
tom of the ship on the port side The
board could come TO no conclusion until the
bottom of the vessel is thoroughly cleaned
out and the timber boards are
taken out so that it can examine
the beams Another survey will be held
tomorrow.
The underwriters are determined that the
wet cargo shall go forward without taking
the usual course Of having it condemned
and sold. They are taking this course as an
experiment, but it is claimed on the part of
the ship that she is in an unseaworthy con-
dltion, and that to take the cargo in its
present condition would jeopardize the lives
of the crew. The stencil down in the hold
of the ship is terrible, but to-mor-
rows survey will determine whether
the vessel is in a seaWorthy con
dition and able to carry the cargo
This same experiment was tried several
years ago in the case of the British bark
Trafalgar, and the result was that one-half
of the crew died on the voyage, and the
other half died soon after the vessels left
Liverpool